Chet Collins

Trump Ally Holds Up Promotion of Army General Involved in Afghanistan Evacuation - WSJ

“What things like that do is create uncertainty,” said a defense official of Trump’s comments. “The bigger worry is the march toward the politicization of the military. Generals are human as well. The more this happens, the more likely they are to react to it. At some point, they are going to conclude that they have to pick sides to keep advancing.”

They’ve been picking political sides for decades.

A general officer’s sole focus should be lethality. Everything else is a wasteful distraction and disrespectful of the millions of men and women who set their personal needs aside in service of the nation and raised their right hands to protect us all.

Take care your people, train them, equip them, and keep the tip of the spear as sharp as geometrically possible. That’s the job.

IRS Enforcement Money Has Unexpected $20 Billion Hole - WSJ

Then, when Congress wrote the stopgap funding bill that is keeping the government open through Dec. 20, that legislation kept the prior year’s language, effectively repeating the $20 billion enforcement cut. Congressional Republicans told the industry publication Tax Notes that this was part of an intentional strategy and that they tried not to call attention to it before it kicked in. 

lol

Target’s Slide From Cheap Chic to Dull Chore - WSJ

Last week, Target’s share price tumbled more than 20% after the company reported another disappointing quarter and executives lowered financial targets they had set in August.

Losers.

Elon Waiting For Black Friday Half-Off Sale So He Can Buy MSNBC For Just $30 - Babylon Bee

“This week is Black Friday. If I can land the opportunity to hold Rachel Maddow’s fate in my hands for a killer deal, I’m here for it.”

Study Shows Most Depression In Men Can Be Solved By Reading Books About The Civil War While Sitting By Roaring Fire In The Study - Babylon Bee

“The effects seemed to have been even more prominent among test subjects who smoked a pipe while reading and occasionally looked up from the book and nodded their heads before continuing.”

Running to serve.

Farewell dinner.

Beautiful, soft light.

Battlefield Game Changer: Biden Just Approved The Use Of Weaponized Guilt In Ukraine - Clickhole

With Kyiv now free to manipulate Moscow emotionally using feelings of guilt and shame on the battlefield, there’s no doubt Russian forces will soon begin to suffer the low self-esteem, depression, and feelings of powerlessness that go along with being the victim of weaponized guilt. Russia is undoubtedly going to need some pretty powerful self help books and therapists to counter the effects of this new tool in Ukraine’s arsenal.